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And His Cuff Was Damped with Tears
Karen Keyhani · 1979– · Iranian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as ...And His Cuff Was Damped with Tears · و آستینش از اشک تر بود
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
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- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Short piece
- Length
- About 9 min
- Composed
- 2012
- Era
- Contemporary
Notes
For Persian string quartet (2 kamancheh, alto and bass gheychak); premiered by the Chahargan Ensemble, Tehran, 2012
About this work
- Composed
- 2012
- Dedicated to
- Chahargan Ensemble
- First performed
- 2012-10 in Tehran, Roudaki Concert Hall. Chahargan Ensemble; Ehsan Zabihifar (kamancheh 1), Morteza Mokhtari (kamancheh 2); Shima Shahmohammadi (alto gheychak), Bita Ghasemi (bass gheychak)